Shingle



April 28, 1931.

N. P. HARSHBERGER 1,802,373

SHINGLE Filed March 17, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR:

Narman P f/arsMe/yer .BY 1

ATTORNEY.

April 1931- N. P. HARSHBERGER 1,802,378

Filed March 17, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 v [fivE/v TOE: WannaP'Harsfiberyer fig. )0

Patented Apr. 28, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE NQRMAN 1?.HABSHBERGER, OF IPASADENA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE BARRETT COMPANY,OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A. CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY SHINGLE Applicationfiled March 17, 1927. Serial No. 176,913.

This invention relates'to composition shingles and it has for its objecta method of cutting out shingles from sheets or webs and operating onthe shingles so that they may be 'laid suitably for covering andprotecting a trating how the shingles may be cut from the web; Fig. 2 isa plan view of an individual strip shingle after it has been completed;Fig. 3 is an edge view of the shingle; Fig. 4 isa plan view of theseshingles as they appear when assembled on the roof; Fig. 5 is amodification of the shingle; Figs. 6 to 10 illustrate anothermodification of the shingles in which Fig. 6 is a plan view illustratinghow these modified shingles may be cut from the web; Fig. 7 is a planview of a finished individual strip shingle; Fig. 8 illustrates onemanner of laying these modified shingles on the roof; and Fig. 9illustrates another manner of laying the shingles.

The shingleslO it will be seen have one edge serrated or zig-zag shape,the edges thereof, however, are more or less of non-uni-- form length.Although variations in these edges may be made, yet I prefer to form theedges 11 and 12 of substantially the same length and formingsubstantially equal angles with aperpendicular drawn from the I edge 13.The other edges, however, I prefer to make of non-uniform length, theedge 14 being shorter than the edges 11 and 12 and the edges 15 and 16bein longer. It is to be noted that the edge 14 de nes the lower portionof a' fractional tab or projection, and that the imaginary line ofjuncture between said pro'ection and the body, which may be terme lengththan the opposite edge 23 of the body. Thus, when the shingles are laidas shown in Fig. 4, with the end 23 of one shingle overa neck portion,is of lessv lapping the end projection of another shingle, thelongitudinal edge opposite the tabs is offset from the correspondingedge of an adjacent shingle in the same course. It is further to benoted that withthe manner of laying shown in Fig. 4 the overlapping endsof adjacent shingles are at an incline to the eaves to more readilyresist the entrance of moisture.

The zig-zag edges of these shingles, although more or less irregular,are complementary so that when cut from the web the shingles may be cutas indicated in Fig. 1, the zig-zag edge of one shingle registering withportions of the correspondingedge of two other shingles, the ends 17 ofone shingle being ofi'set with reference to the corresponding end 17 ofan adjacent shingle. By forming and cutting the shingles in this mannerthere is no waste except the small portion 18 at the end of the web.

My preferred method of cutting these shin- V gles from webs consists incutting a zigzag slit longitudinally of the strip, preferably along thecentral portion, and in cutting transverse slits from certain portionsof the zig-zag line outwardly to the edges of the web. Preferably oneset ofalternate zigzag slits are equal in length and'shorter than thoseof .the other set; and preferably the transverse slits are perpendicularto the edges of the web; and of those which are on the same side of theweb, one set of alternate slits start from angles formed by the zigzagslit, and those of the other set start from the longer central slits andspaced a material distance from the angles. All substantially asindicated by Fig. 1.

These shingles when laid on the roof are preferably laid as indicated inFig. 4. But in order to form well'defined Figures 20, which in thisinstance are more or less hexagonal in shape, strip shingles of thisnature require some line of demarcation between the two body portions.For this purpose I provide bent or offset portions 21 extending ofisetportion 21 at a distance gives substantially the same appearance as anend edge 23, and hence the hexagonal figure is clearly produced.

However, for aesthetic or other purposes, the line of demarcation,exemplified by the offset portion 21, may be indicated by covering theportions 24 and 25 of the shingle with coats of colored substances sothat the portion 24 for instance is much lighter in color or appearancethan the portion 25. For example, the portion 24 may be made of a lightgreenish color and the portion 25 of a. dark rown color. As aconsequence of this manner of coloring or decorating the shingles, notonly are the hexagonal portions clearly defined, but also the alternatehexagonal designs are of the same color and the others are of lighter ordarker color, as the case may be.

In this manner a very artistic and pleasing appearance is produced, itbeing understood that the line 21 is realized in this instance byadjacent edges of the light and dark portions.

Figs. 6 to 9 represent a modification of this shingle in which theshingles are cut into sbtrips 30 from the web 31, as indicated in Thepreferred method of cutting this shinle consists in cutting zig-zagslits transversey of the web, the alternate slits being homologous. Theadjacent zig-zag slits are also similar but reversed in position. Thestraight slits are all substantially equal in length and the anglesformed. by them. are all substantially equal. The distance between thenearest points of two adjacent slits being reater than the length of thestraight slits. owever, it is to be understood teat variations might bemade from my preferred method without de arting from the spirit of myinvention whic consists broadly in cutting the web into transversestrips having serrated or zig-zag edges having ody portions of more orless hexagonal shape with substantially one-half a body portion on oneend of each strip. In this case both of the long edges of the shinglesare made zigzag and substantially similar, and hexa onalshaped figuresare thus indicated. at to add to the artistic effects and to make thefigures more distinct, I prefer the color or shade of the various bodyportions of the shingles to vary, as indicated in Fig. 7 the portion 32being light for instance, 33 dark, 34 light, 35 dark, and 36 light. F orinstance portions indicated by even numbers may be light green and theother portions dark brown, as is indicated by the markings on thesurface. These colors or shades maybe imparted to the shingle beforethey are cut from the web or afterwards, as may be desired.

In laying these shingles they may be laid, if desired, longitudinally,as indicated in Fig. 8; and whenso laid and lapped it will be seenshingles, as the workman is guide that the lapped portion 4.0-is ofsubstantially the same width throughout, being merely su ficient toanswer the purpose of suitable protection. When, as in the case of theshingles 10, the covered edge is straight, evidently lapping at certainportions of the edge Will be much greater than at other portions; but bycutting and lapping as indicated in Fig. 9 the wide lapped portions areeliminated and thus a saving in the shingle material is effected. Inthis case also the special manner of shading the various portions of theshingle produces a novel and pleasing effect. Not only are the hexagonalfigures clearly set forth, but also as the two portions of the figureare of unlike shades a pleasing perspective or three dimensional efiectis pro duced.

Fig. 9 indicates the inclined manner of as sembling shingles of thisshape. But the shingles shown are somewhat differently marked. Theseshingles are marked as indicated in Fig. 10, having the entire hexagonalfigure 41 marked light and the adjacent one 42 marked dark. When laid asindicated in Fig. 9 there are alternate transverse rows of light anddark hexagonal figures 43 and 44.

The markings on these shingles of Figs. 5, 7 and 10 also assist inproperly la 'ng the thereby in ositioning the shingles with reference toeac 1 other.

I claim as my invention 1. A roof comprising a plurality of stripshingles arranged in overlapping courses inclined to the eaves, eachshingle consisting of a body portion having a plurality of like tabsalong one longitudinal edge thereof and having a fractional tab at onetransverse edge, the other transverse edge of one shingle overlying saidtransverse edge having the fractional tab of the adjoining shingle inthe same course a distance equal to the extent of said fractional tabthereby forming a weather-proof joint at an incline to the caves of theroof.

2. A roof comprising a plurality of strip shingles arranged inoverlapping courses inclined to the eaves, each shingle consisting of abody portion having end edges equal in length and having a plurality oflike tabs along one longitudinal edge thereof and having a fractionaltab at one equal end edge, said fractional tab formin a neck in the bodyportion at the end 0 one of the like tabs narrower than the equal endedges, the end of the bod portion opposite to the end having the neeportion overlying the fractional tab and alining with said neck portionto form an offset along the longitudinal edge opposite to the tabs.

3 A roof comprising a plurality of strip shingles arranged inoverlapping courses in clined to-the eaves, each shingle consisting of abody portion having a plurality of like tabs along one longitudinal edgethereof and having a projection atone transverse edge and having itsother transverse edge of greater lengththan the length of the line ofjuncture between the projection and the body, said longer transverseedge of one strip overlaplength of the line of juncturebetween the projection and the body, said longer transverse edge of one stripoverlapping the projection of an adjacent strip and alining with thejuncture of said pro ection with the body to form an oflset along thelongitudinal edge opposite to the tabs.v

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand. r v

NORMAN P. HARSHBERGER.

